Abstract: This is a documentation of a defraud, which took place in the Federal Republic of Germany in the first years of the 21th century, and which caused losses in millions of Euros for public hospitals. The collected newspaper articles and other sources reveal details about this defraud: why it has been possible, how it has been detected, and how involved authorities and politicians reacted. Until now, only one person has been charged in justice; others remain unmolested. Local media reported about the case, but nation-wide media rarely did so – although the case is of national importance and general changes regarding the management of hospitals would be necessary to avoid such defrauds in the future.

1. This file is a collection - made over several years - of newspaper articles and sources not published elsewhere, e.g. communications of politicians and authorities.

2. The file is a documentation of a defraud, which took place in Germany in the first years of the 21th century, and which caused losses in millions of Euros for public hospitals. Local media reported about the case, but nation-wide media rarely did so . although the case is of national importance and general changes regarding the management of hospitals would be necessary to avoid such defrauds in the future.

3. Likely audience: health workers, public workers and regional politicians involved in the management of public hospitals, persons who oppose privatization of the health system, investigative journalists and judicial officers.

4. Approaches to verification: to all sources, the authors are given by name.

5. Why leaked to Wikileaks? Harm regarding the job and job opportunities may result. The publisher of this documentation further cannot afford an appropriate legal consultation to protect himself against legal charges. Many of the newspaper articles of this collection only can be read when paying money, or are not available for the wider public, because they have been published in very small local newspapers. Other sources cannot be published in a normal way, eg. the letter of the secretary of a mayor to a member of a district assembly (page 538). At the same time, without this collection it would be very hard to overview the economical and political dimensions of this case.